08-20-2020, 03:08 PM
There's probably quite a few of you looking at relatively positive testimonies from Zuboba's friends and rolling your eyes at all of them. Well, guess what? You're gonna get another one from me!
I have spent the better part of the last few months unexpectedly gaining a handful of new friends, one of whom is Zeke. In and out of TTT, he has become an absolute ride-or-die internet bro. He's a great gamer, outrageously funny, serious when he needs to be, and never one to shy away from lending a hand to a friend in need. While I'm not going to assert that "If you knew the Zuboba that I knew, you'd feel differently", I can attest that I have gotten to see a side to this man that anyone would feel privileged in having done so.
Yes, there's been an undeniable amount of frustration generated on his behalf that has caused grief for staff and players alike. The alt evasion created a lot of unnecessary work for staff and the language was definitely off-putting for new and returning players. If you don't feel like Zuboba has earned forgiveness in your eyes, I understand. No one wants to feel antagonized when they're playing video games, and no one looking after said games wants to be responsible for extra work. Zeke, like all of us, has been and should be held accountable for his actions.
Despite all this, nothing I've heard from him or seen him do in the last few weeks and beyond is indicative of the troublemaker and jackass some of you still have in your heads. Zeke, like many of us, is just looking to kick back and have a good time. There's plenty of love in his heart to go around, arguably more now that he's seen the error of his ways. While nobody should feel obligated to forget what has happened, I would encourage all of you to position your heart towards forgiveness. Many of us should feel thankful that we haven't been defined by the worst thing we've ever done, and this hardly qualifies as that by anyone's metric.
-1 for a reduction at least, leaning towards an unban relatively soon. I wholeheartedly believe that Zuboba has demonstrably improved his ways and his behavior is becoming of someone who has learned from his mistakes. I can fully understand the staff's want to uphold their ruling or make an example out of Zuboba, but consider that you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone as passionate about trying to restore his standing in this community as he is.
I have spent the better part of the last few months unexpectedly gaining a handful of new friends, one of whom is Zeke. In and out of TTT, he has become an absolute ride-or-die internet bro. He's a great gamer, outrageously funny, serious when he needs to be, and never one to shy away from lending a hand to a friend in need. While I'm not going to assert that "If you knew the Zuboba that I knew, you'd feel differently", I can attest that I have gotten to see a side to this man that anyone would feel privileged in having done so.
Yes, there's been an undeniable amount of frustration generated on his behalf that has caused grief for staff and players alike. The alt evasion created a lot of unnecessary work for staff and the language was definitely off-putting for new and returning players. If you don't feel like Zuboba has earned forgiveness in your eyes, I understand. No one wants to feel antagonized when they're playing video games, and no one looking after said games wants to be responsible for extra work. Zeke, like all of us, has been and should be held accountable for his actions.
Despite all this, nothing I've heard from him or seen him do in the last few weeks and beyond is indicative of the troublemaker and jackass some of you still have in your heads. Zeke, like many of us, is just looking to kick back and have a good time. There's plenty of love in his heart to go around, arguably more now that he's seen the error of his ways. While nobody should feel obligated to forget what has happened, I would encourage all of you to position your heart towards forgiveness. Many of us should feel thankful that we haven't been defined by the worst thing we've ever done, and this hardly qualifies as that by anyone's metric.
-1 for a reduction at least, leaning towards an unban relatively soon. I wholeheartedly believe that Zuboba has demonstrably improved his ways and his behavior is becoming of someone who has learned from his mistakes. I can fully understand the staff's want to uphold their ruling or make an example out of Zuboba, but consider that you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone as passionate about trying to restore his standing in this community as he is.
